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Yan Bugui was extremely angry.

He racked his brains to come up with this idea, only to be told it was worthless.

"Old Liu, what are you afraid of? If those people dare to stop you, can't you go to your apprentice?"

Fearing that Liu Haizhong would agree, Liu Guangtian quickly said, "Third Uncle, you don't understand."

The sales manager at the rebar mill is named Li Zhi. He used to work in the sales department of the rolling mill.

When my dad was the leader of the workers' picket team, he was arrested and punished by being forced to clean toilets because someone looked at him sideways.

There's also the squad leader of the motor transport team; his father used to work in the motor transport team at the steel rolling mill.

My dad also offended his father back then. And…”

His dark past has been almost completely exposed, and Liu Haizhong angrily slammed his fist on the table: "Shut up!"

Liu Guangtian didn't shut up and continued, "Although my dad has Director Lan's notes, when the goods are shipped is up to those people."

They deliberately delayed us for two days so that the people on the construction site could buy it from someone else.

If it weren't for Brother Da Mao, they definitely wouldn't have given us any face.

"Uncle, you'd better not give me any bad advice."

Liu Guangfu added, "If Xu Damao finds out, he'll sabotage our business, and we won't be able to do it anymore."

"Uncle, you're getting us into trouble."

Hearing her two sons describe the situation as so serious, the second aunt couldn't help but chime in.

"I think Guangtian and Guangfu have a point. Xu Damao is quite good at building relationships with people."

Besides, he's particularly prone to mischief. We're making quite a bit of money now, so it's best not to provoke him.

Liu Haizhong's family objected, and he didn't dare to take the risk.

"Old Yan, let's just forget about it."

Yan Bugui only knew a little about family matters and was not very knowledgeable about things outside.

Hearing how serious Liu Guangtian and the other man were talking about it, he didn't dare to do anything reckless.

If Liu Haizhong listens to him and ruins the business, then it will be troublesome if he seeks compensation from him later.

Yan Bugui's last hope rested on Yi Zhonghai; he hoped Yi Zhonghai could come up with a solution. At worst, he could give Yi Zhonghai some shares.

He simply overestimated Yi Zhonghai.

Since starting the elderly care group with a deaf old lady, Yi Zhonghai has devoted most of his energy to elderly care.

He spent most of his time thinking about how to support himself in his old age and how to find someone to work as a workhorse for the Jia family.

All of this affected his technical progress.

When the reform and opening up came, his retirement was still not resolved. He was preoccupied with how to stabilize his retirement every day and had no extra energy to care about external matters.

He was completely baffled by all of this.

Yi Zhonghai was jealous of Liu Haizhong's wealth and worried that Liu Haizhong would not join his retirement group in the future.

He desperately wanted to ruin Liu Haizhong's business. But he would never say it to his face.

He didn't want Liu Haizhong to hold a grudge against him.

Yi Zhonghai pretended not to notice Yan Bugui's glare.

Yan Bugui had no choice but to channel his grief into strength and eat the food on the table with gusto.

In the past, he would have devoured all the food on the table long ago.

However, Liu Hai was now rich and had prepared a lot of food. He was so full he could barely walk, so he only ate a little over half of it.

In the end, it was Yi Zhonghai who, with a look of disdain, helped him leave.

After they left, Auntie Er started clearing the table.

The two Liu brothers, Liu Guangtian and Liu Haizhong, started whispering to each other.

Liu Haizhong's mind was buzzing: "Didn't you guys say that Lao Yan's method wouldn't work?"

Liu Guantian said, "I said that on purpose. Otherwise, you would have agreed to let him invest."

What's the difference between letting him invest and letting Xu Damao invest? It's both just giving away our profits to others for free.

Liu Haizhong naturally didn't want to share the money with others: "You're quite clever. And those people you mentioned earlier..."

Liu Guangtian said nonchalantly, "Things from back then happened so many years ago. If Xu Damao could give them gifts, so can we. Who would turn down money?"

Besides, we have Director Lan's notes, so they wouldn't dare to openly mess with us.

"Dad, this way, the rebar business will be ours alone. We won't have to share it with anyone else."

Liu Haizhong said with satisfaction, "Let's do it this way? After the New Year, we'll buy some gifts and send them to those people."

The two Liu brothers smiled and agreed.

The profit margin in the rebar business is limited. The more you share with others, the less they actually get.

Seeing Yan Bugui burping incessantly, the third aunt asked worriedly, "How much did you eat?"

Yan Bugui was still fuming: "What's wrong with me eating a little? Do you know that I spent more than half a month thinking of a solution, but it didn't work?"

"Damn it, Old Liu, how did he offend so many people?"

The three women were completely bewildered. Why did they eat Liu Haizhong's food and then turn around and scold him?

After hearing Yan Bugui's explanation, the third aunt couldn't help but curse, "Serves him right, who told him to offend so many people?"

I thought he was incredibly capable; without Xu Damao, he couldn't have made a living at all.

Yan Bugui sighed helplessly: "Who says otherwise? I originally thought that by helping him get rid of Xu Damao, I could get Xu Damao's shares."

Who would have thought that he would still have to rely on Xu Damao to do business?

No wonder Xu Damao doesn't care about anything and isn't afraid of him causing trouble.

The three women complained, "What's the point of saying all this now?"

Who would have thought that Xu Damao had this ability?

If I had known Xu Damao and Sha Zhu were so capable, I wouldn't have offended them back then.

Yan Bugui was somewhat embarrassed and annoyed. After all, he had agreed to offend these two people.

But he was also wronged.

Given the circumstances back then, who could have imagined that He Yuzhu and Xu Damao would make so much money?

He's not Liu Bowen, who could know five hundred years into the past and five hundred years into the future.

"Old Yi has ruined me."

Yan Bugui believed he had not offended He Yuzhu in any way, and all his actions against He Yuzhu were for Yi Zhonghai's sake.

Yi Zhonghai had just dropped Yan Bugui off at home and hadn't even sat down yet, unaware that Yan Bugui would soon hold a grudge against him.

Qin Huairu followed her in: "What's wrong with Lao Yan? You have to help him home."

Yi Zhonghai didn't hide anything and told the whole story of what had happened in the backyard.

Upon hearing Yan Bugui's suggestion, Qin Huairu interrupted Yi Zhonghai: "Did you mention that we also want to invest?"

The rebar business is incredibly profitable; you don't need to pay any costs, just buy and sell, and you can make a fortune.

Yi Zhonghai sighed: "Don't even think about it, there's no way to shake off Xu Damao."

"Why?" Qin Huai asked, puzzled.

In her opinion, Xu Damao was completely useless and didn't care about the rebar at all. If it were her, she would have kicked Xu Damao out long ago.

Yi Zhonghai then told Qin Huairu what Liu Guangtian had said.

"That's exactly what happened. Old Liu didn't contribute anything except for Director Lan's note."

Xu Damao is the most important one.

"Ah." Qin Huairu's mouth gaped open, she really couldn't understand why Xu Damao's role was so significant.

On second thought, she realized it made perfect sense. Back when Liu Haizhong was the leader of the workers' picket team, he offended a huge number of people.

Someone was arrested and given a beating by him for not giving way to him.

It's only because Liu Haizhong retired that he had a really tough time at the steel rolling mill.

She is a prime example; she did the hardest work in the factory and received the lowest wages.

This is one of the reasons why she wanted to open a restaurant.

Qin Huairu was filled with regret, feeling that her life was miserable and making money was too difficult. (End of Chapter)